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Mónica Muñoz Parada

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

Mónica Muñoz Parada

I am Mónica Muñoz Parada, a sociologist, holding a Master’s Degree in Social Policy, Employment and Welfare., and currently a PhD candidate in Sociology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). My research interests lie at the intersection of the sociology of work, gender inequalities, welfare policies, and occupational health.

My primary line of research delves into the social organization of care and paid employment within the care sector, with a specific focus on institutional frameworks and the working conditions of geriatric care workers. Currently, my doctoral dissertation examines the career trajectories of men in highly feminized occupations, analyzed through a gender lens and within a comparative framework between Chile and Spain. To address the complexity of these dynamics, I employ a mixed-methods approach that integrates quantitative data modeling with qualitative research techniques.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Chile; Spain (Catalonia);
Topics Access to care; Care economy; Care inequalities; Care work and migration; Employment education and family carers; Long term care subsidies; Social connection; Social Insurance; Social Protection; Survey measures; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Case studies; Critical Discourse Analysis; Ethnography; Mixed methods; Policy analysis; Quantitative data analysis;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Migration Mobility and Care Workers; Qualitative Research; Red de Cuidados de Largo Plazo en América Latina y el Caribe;
Websitehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamuñozp
Research interests

  • Sociology of Work & Employment: Paid care sector, labor market segregation, working conditions, and occupational health.

  • Gender & Intersectionality: Gender inequalities in the labor market, non-traditional employment trajectories, and men in feminized occupations.

  • Social Policy & Welfare States: Organization and institutional frameworks of long-term care, eldercare systems, and social reproduction policies.

  • Comparative & Mixed Methodologies: Cross-national comparative research (Chile-Spain), quantitative data modeling, and qualitative social inquiry.
Key publications

Muñoz Parada, Mónica (2025). Marcos interpretativos de las políticas de segregación ocupacional de género. Un estudio sobre la Gran Minería del cobre chileno. En M. Rodríguez Guerrero, E. Márquez Lepe, M. Caro Cabrera y C. Merchán Hernández (Coords.), XII Congreso Andaluz de Sociología: Libro de Actas. Sociología para vidas sostenibles (pp. 412–417). Universidad de Sevilla; Asociación Andaluza de Sociología.

(2024) Nora Gray, Cynthia Basualto, Antonio Ávila, Mónica Muñoz, Nicolás León, Retos para un trabajo seguro y saludable a medida que se envejece: una mirada cualitativa, Actualizaciones en Psicología Organizacional y del Trabajo en el Contexto Contemporáneo. SCHIPTO.

(2022) Mario Parada Lezcano, Daisy Iturrieta Henríquez, Mónica Muñoz Parada, Análisis crítico de la Participación Social en Salud en Chile, Salud y sociedad: crítica latinoamericana : América Latina y el Caribe entre pandemias: la desigualdad y el COVID, 2, ISSN: ISBN 978-987- 813-325-6,Editorial: CLACSO, 52-54.

(2022) Nora Gray, Miguel Acevedo, Antonio Ávila, Luis Caroca, José Méndez, Cynthia Basualto, Mónica Muñoz, María Paz Riquelme, Trabajo seguro y saludable para el trabajador qué envejece: Guía de recomendaciones y buenas prácticas para trabajadores y empleadores, . Mutual de Seguridad CChC.